Research Article

SATIRE IN THE EXPEDITION OF HUMPHRY CLINKER BY TOBIAS SMOLLETT

Number: 44 May 23, 2021
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SATIRE IN THE EXPEDITION OF HUMPHRY CLINKER BY TOBIAS SMOLLETT

Abstract

Satire is a powerful technique used by numerous writers in order to reveal and criticize the problematic aspects of their societies. The contextual background of a literary work in this regard may play an instrumental role in such criticism, which is projected through either explicit or implicit satire depending on the choice of the writer. The Scottish writer Tobias Smollett’s last novel, The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (1771), written in the epistolary form, is one of these literary texts that draws on satire through the technique of comparison, namely comparing England and Scotland. This article will in this respect present brief relevant information about the novel prior to the textual analysis and then discuss how Smollett makes use of satire, especially social and political satire illustrated from different characters’ perspectives, in order to criticize England through letters with specific references from the primary text and relevant secondary sources.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Creative Arts and Writing

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

May 23, 2021

Submission Date

December 3, 2020

Acceptance Date

December 21, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Number: 44

APA
Atasoy, E. (2021). SATIRE IN THE EXPEDITION OF HUMPHRY CLINKER BY TOBIAS SMOLLETT. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 44, 107-114. https://doi.org/10.30794/pausbed.835330
AMA
1.Atasoy E. SATIRE IN THE EXPEDITION OF HUMPHRY CLINKER BY TOBIAS SMOLLETT. PAUSBED. 2021;(44):107-114. doi:10.30794/pausbed.835330
Chicago
Atasoy, Emrah. 2021. “SATIRE IN THE EXPEDITION OF HUMPHRY CLINKER BY TOBIAS SMOLLETT”. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, nos. 44: 107-14. https://doi.org/10.30794/pausbed.835330.
EndNote
Atasoy E (May 1, 2021) SATIRE IN THE EXPEDITION OF HUMPHRY CLINKER BY TOBIAS SMOLLETT. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 44 107–114.
IEEE
[1]E. Atasoy, “SATIRE IN THE EXPEDITION OF HUMPHRY CLINKER BY TOBIAS SMOLLETT”, PAUSBED, no. 44, pp. 107–114, May 2021, doi: 10.30794/pausbed.835330.
ISNAD
Atasoy, Emrah. “SATIRE IN THE EXPEDITION OF HUMPHRY CLINKER BY TOBIAS SMOLLETT”. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 44 (May 1, 2021): 107-114. https://doi.org/10.30794/pausbed.835330.
JAMA
1.Atasoy E. SATIRE IN THE EXPEDITION OF HUMPHRY CLINKER BY TOBIAS SMOLLETT. PAUSBED. 2021;:107–114.
MLA
Atasoy, Emrah. “SATIRE IN THE EXPEDITION OF HUMPHRY CLINKER BY TOBIAS SMOLLETT”. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, no. 44, May 2021, pp. 107-14, doi:10.30794/pausbed.835330.
Vancouver
1.Emrah Atasoy. SATIRE IN THE EXPEDITION OF HUMPHRY CLINKER BY TOBIAS SMOLLETT. PAUSBED. 2021 May 1;(44):107-14. doi:10.30794/pausbed.835330
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